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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Cascade Fire Road / Repack & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road

9.7 mi · ▲ 2,794 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Cascade Fire Road / Repack & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Woodacre, CA. It climbs 2,794 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi285 – 1,529 ft · steepest grade: 28%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.00727, -122.62820
Nearest town Woodacre, CA
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Cascade Fire Road / Repack & Split Rock via White Hill Fire Road

9.7 mi · ▲ 2,794 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 286–1,528 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: 38.00727, -122.62820

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading S.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Porcupine Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto B-17 Extension, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Split Rock, heading W.
  8. 1.6 miSharp right onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading S.
  9. 1.9 miReach Split Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.9 miSharp left onto Split Rock, heading E.
  11. 1.6 miTurn right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading N.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left onto B-17 Extension, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto White Hill Fire Road, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Porcupine Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Hill Fire Road, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cascade-fire-road-repack-split-rock-out-back-16-km-f588

Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 92°F60°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity53%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 78°57°
Wed 80°53°
Thu 93°52°
Fri 97°54°
Sat 99°51°
Sun 92°52°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~167 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 8:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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